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which later i found out ebay never promote western union as a method of payment

Hindsight is always 20/20 my friend.
Anyway, did you try to use the Money Transfer Control Number? This apparently tracks money transfers via Western Union.

I gotta say you're pretty much SOL. Problem is, I have hard time feeling too much sympathy, when right on Western Union's website (on the main page under the bold title "Protect Yourself From Fraud") is this:

Because we care about consumers, Western Union urges you to protect yourself from fraud by considering the following:-Never send money to a stranger using a money transfer service.
-Beware of deals or opportunities that seem too good to be true. -Donít use money transfer services to pay for things like online auction purchases.
-Never send money to pay for taxes or fees on foreign lottery winnings

Sorry bud, this is one of those situations where all you had to do was yield a little caution & the outcome would have been completely different.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his - George Patton

Well, the only thing I can think of is finding out the MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number) & contacting Western Union and see if they can isolate a radius of where the money was transferred to?
Thing is, if this guy is smart enough to send spoofed emails, I doubt he is stupid enough to use his home computer. I didn't read anything about Western Union insuring transactions against fraud either.
Sigh.The bad guys win another one.
Doesn't stuff like this make you want to find one of these con-artists and shove your fist down their throat?

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his - George Patton